A 99-year-old WWII veteran, Tom Moore, has raised more than 18 million British pounds for the National Health Service by walking laps around his garden. Turning 100 at the end of the month, he has long surpassed his original target to raise 1,000 pounds by walking the length of his garden in Bedfordshire, England, a hundred times before his 100th birthday.
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We bought 36 insulin pens for about $16 each, and when I gave them to Jake, he said he wanted to share them with some other families,” Threlkeld said. “That’s when we found out how great the need was out there. Erica and I decided then to help do something about it.
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“Every child deserves to feel special on their birthday,” Barman told the San Francisco CBS station. Adding that “It’s so sad that they’re already changing schools so much, they’re already struggling with food and clothes. And to not be able to feel special one day of the year, that’s just not okay,.
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